Homesickness [electronic resource] : an American history / Susan J. Matt.
By: Matt, Susan J. (Susan Jipson).
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011Description: xii, 343 p. : ill.Subject(s): Nostalgia -- History | Homesickness -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 155.9/2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Emotions in early America -- Painful lessons in individualism -- A house divided -- Breaking home ties -- Immigrants and the dream of return -- Transferring loyalties -- Mama's boys, organization men, boomerang kids, and the surprising persistence of the extended family -- Conclusion. Of helicopter parents, facebook, and Wal-Mart : homesickness in contemporary America.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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